Pizza Sauce

This is an easy pizza sauce to accompany our homemade pizza dough. It is simple and can be frozen alongside the pizza dough so we can have pizza whenever we want.

Pizza Dough Recipe

Note:

Sauce – the sauce is not cooked because it gets cooked when you cook the pizza. Double cooking can give the sauce unwanted discoloration.

Crushed tomatoes – use whichever brand you like. If you use one with basil included, you may not need to add the amount noted on this recipe. Taste it to see if you like it. Alternatively, you can buy whole canned tomatoes and crush it yourself. This adds a step to the process, but it works very well.

Find crushed tomatoes cans on Amazon.

Freezing – place the sauce in freezer safe bag and lay flat to freeze or place in a canning jar with straight sides and freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw in the fridge overnight.  

Budget Bite:

Cost of the sauce:
• Can crushed tomatoes – $1.87
• Basil – 0.02
• Thyme – 0.05
• Oregano – 0.01
• Garlic powder – 0.02

Total cost $1.97 for 28 oz or about 0.16 per pizza (varies depending on sauce you like your pizza)

Pizza Sauce

Makes: 28 oz of sauce (enough for a dozen pizza)
Time: 2 minutes

1 (28 oz) can crushed tomatoes
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon dried basil
¼ teaspoon dried oregano
¼ teaspoon dried thyme
Salt to taste (I used about ¼ teaspoon)
2 tablespoons+ filtered water (if needed)

• In a large bowl, combine crushed tomatoes, garlic powder, basil, oregano, and time. Give the mixture a taste.
• Add salt to taste. Depending on the brand of crushed tomatoes, you may need to add water. The sauce should be thin and spread easily on a pizza crust.
• Spread on pizza crust and cook according to recipe directions.